From White To Black?

Forovor sixteen months past nn nptown physician haa been attondiiiz a that is so raiv that the like of it lia uever boen known. or, a.t least, cecorded in medical works. lt s a caso ol' real nielanosis or pirinntation, wliere tho pigment or tuulanin, as it, is [pelinically cal led. wliich givea coloftothe huir and eye, porvades tho whole body. A boy bom of white parents, and porfectly natural in color at bis birlh, turned under tho disease as black asa tul I blooded negro. It is certninly one of tho most retnarkable freaks of nature ever broujfht to licfht, nnd it will attract the attention ot' llic entire medical fraiernity ot' 1 1 iö world. The pnrents live at Ño. 1,307 Lenion Btreet, the lathor, John Saltcr, being a mechanic. They were married in Deiinibi'i-, 1876, the woiuaii at that time 20 ycars of age, aid the husband 28. - They are both ot' American birth, the wife b 'ing of English desceiit, and the . husli.'imt of Irish exU'action. 'iVn 'iuoiiih.-i ■l'tei1 the unión of the coii])le, tbfrc was boni lo úcjt) a line aml a]parentiy heallhy boy baby. The inlant tlirivcd and promiscu to devolop intoa robust boy. lle was a beau ti ful chilcl, with fair complexión, dark eyes, and uilky, dark brown liair, vvhicli grew in profusión. When two weeks old ho was taken to a prieat and christened, and all fciends attending that iiiteresting ceremony complimented tlie happy paivnts upon tho beauty and proniise oí the younster. Uut in a ïew daya tho paren ts were alarmed at a reinarkable chango that was coming over the child. lie gradual ly gnsv dark. At flrst his skin became a palo yellow, then deepened into a sanron luie, and then, to the terror of the parents, grew darker vet. Tliey thouglit thu baby was attacked with jaundioo and turned to the priest for advice. - Tlie good lathor was astouiahed when told that the dark-skinnod child before hini was the beautil'ul, fair boy he had ohristeued but two weeks before. Ho saw that the trouble was something worse than jaundice, and aJvisiïd. tho afllicted parents to consult a physician at once. Tuis was done, and various doctors prescribed ior the child, but the discaso was not ohecked. The child grew darker and darker. - Tlie color was tuiiforin all over the tbc body,exeept at tho joints, where it was a little üarker, and at the palnis of the hands wliere it was lighter. The once line, brown hair grew stiff and jet black, and the eyes also grew darker, so that tlie line bctween the pupils and the iris could not be disünguished. In spite ot medical treatnient tho boy grew worse, and became vory weak, all the time the color of his skin deepening. At last, ho became a.s blackasaftill-blooded negro. Tlien ho was attacked by convulsiona, which grew more frequent and violent until thoy threatened the cliild's lite, lt was in one of these that Dr. Reynolds, of Eighteenth and l'oplar sri'tónSyt tl.eclnUi. aj,nenutio which is nteu'tïaiied in the books in a general wav but tuero is no case given wliere it Uaddeveloped all through tho body. This was over sixteen months ago, the child bcing thirteen ïnonths old. bnu-e that timo tlie boy has gi-eatly improvcd by dcgrecs bcconiing lighter unul ie is now of á Hgkt chestnut-brown color. The hair has once inoro become brown and soft, and the eycs have ro..ained their natural appearance. Ihe barents ot' the boy are perfectly healthy,and the motbur now curries at her brcíist a rolnist inliuit, aged tí nioiitlis. The fathcr is a muscular man, of medium UeightjWitU black hair anddark complexión. The mothor is ot iair complexión, and has brown hair. Siuce Dr. lícynolds has liad the case in cbarge tho child has teen visit.ed by over two hundred physiciana, who all afreed that it wua a truly ïumarJiable cue.